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ECAR members are invited to the District 9 Summit/Luncheon on May 29 at the Emerald Grande in Destin. Tickets are only $10! Meet and hear from the candidates running for Florida Realtors officer positions in 2014. Continue reading
The Georgia Association of Realtors® will conduct their Annual Convention and Expo at the Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort September 18 – 21. If you’d like to meet and network with Realtors® from Georgia, this is a great opportunity! Mark your calendars now! Continue reading
Realtors® celebrated when the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) was extended for five years last year. The reality is setting in, and there are changes coming to the NFIP – changes that will affect your customers, clients, and you. Learn about those changes at the May 22 Membership Breakfast! Continue reading
“How many times has someone brought up my property on the internet?” Good question! But not one we can answer completely. But I can tell you how to see how many people have brought it up on ECAR’s public listing sites. Continue reading
NAR has created a short, issue brief on the subject of appraisal independence to help members understand what it means and how it works. Continue reading
Two buyers are having a conversation. “I’m so excited! I just closed on a new home in a great neighborhood. The house is awesome and the subdivision has so many pluses. The best of all? The gated entrance! No one but authorized owners and guests can come in. No solicitors, no riff raff. Security at last!” says Buyer Tom. Or is it? Continue reading
Pretend for a few moments that I’m your customer. You’ve picked out several properties for me to see. You’ve given me a list of the properties as well as a map with markers showing me where each property is. I found the first easily. Now, on to #2. Uh oh! The map is showing the marker on the left side of the road, but it looks to me like the property is on the right. ?? Continue reading
2014 Florida Realtors Committee requests are now being accepted! Changes have been made to the committee structure. The deadline for submitting your request is Friday, June 14. Continue reading
In keeping with the series of Tips about listing fields, let’s talk Compensation. Do we even really need to talk about this? Based on some listings I’ve seen recently, yes we do. Continue reading
In a recent decision of the MLS committee and the ECAR Board of Directors, it was approved to remove the contingent status from the ECAR MLS. This change will take effect in the MLS system in the evening of April 10, 2013. You will not need to make a change to your listings but you may need to check your saved searches. Continue reading
